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decision making Flashcards

1
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what is Intuition

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Information is accepted on “Gut feeling”

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what is Tenacity

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Information is acepted as true because it has always been believed (superstition)

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what is authority

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relying and trusting information from an expert in the subject area

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what is personal experience

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“let me tell you what happened to me”

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what is rationalism

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we seek answers by applying logical reasoning to a known set of facts

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what is the scientific method

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obtained knowledge through careful observation an prudent interpretation of data

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what are the way’s of “knowing”

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Scientific method
personal experience
rationalism
intuition
authority
tenacity

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what is the path to influence

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Understand > Predict > Facilitate > Influence

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what is part of understanding

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oneself
others
enviornment
change

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what is part of predicting

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options
outcomes

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what is part of facilitating

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structure
expectations
rewards
accountability

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what is part of influence

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change others
change process
change value

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what is perception

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a process by which individuals organize and interpret their sensory impressions in order to give meaning to their enviornment

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what is the definition of problem

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a perceived discrepancy between current and desired state

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what is the definition of decisions

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choices made from among alternatives developed from data perceived as relevent

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define decision making

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the process of generating and choosing from a set of alternatives to solve a problem

17
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what is a rational decision making model

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how individuals should behave in order to maximize some outcome

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what are the steps in the rational decision making model

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define the problem
identify the decision criterea
allocate weights to the criteria
develop alternatives
evaluate the alternatives
select the best alternative

19
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what are some organizational constraints on decision makers

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performance evaluation
reward systems
formal regulations
system-imposed time constraints
historical precedents

20
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what are the ethical decision making criteria

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utilitarianism
rights
justice

21
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define utilitarianism

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seeking the greatest good for the greatest number

22
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define rights

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respecting and protecting basic rights of individuals such as whistleblowers

23
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define justice

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imposing and enforcing rules fairly and impartially

24
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what is decision making bias

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cognitive or emotional influences that modify the weight of information and options

25
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what is perspective taking in decision making

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an attempt to put themselves in the shoes of another

26
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what is the halo effect

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drawing a general impression about an individual on the basis of a single characteristic

27
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what is contrast effects

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evaluation of a persons characteristics that are affected by comparisons with other people recently encountered who rank higher or lower on the same characteristics

28
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what is projection

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attributing ones own characteristics to other people

29
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what is stereotyping

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judging someone on the basis of ones perception of the group to which that person belongs

30
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what is overconfidence bias

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believing too much in out own ability to make good decisions

31
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what is anchoring bias

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using early, first received information as the basis for making subsequent judgement

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what is confirmation bias

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using only facts that support our decision

33
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what is escalation of commitment

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in spite of new negative information, commitment actually increases

34
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what is randomness error

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creating meaning out of random events

35
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what is hindsight bias

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looking back, once the outcome has occurred and believing that you accurately predicted the outcome of an event

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